Chapter 165: Lord and Peace

Wu Renxiong was happy and shouted, "You come in, let's have a drink!" ”

Gu Du shouted: "I won't go in, if you come out, let's drink, I'm afraid that you will pour me down!" ”

Wu Renxiong scolded with a smile: "Let go of your mother's fart!" Is Lao Tzu that kind of person? Wait! ”

Wu Renxiong went down to the city, opened the city gate and came out, ordered someone to put on a banquet, sat opposite Gu Du, and then said to the officers and soldiers: "Go back, don't monitor Lao Tzu here." ”

The officers and soldiers all went back, Wu Renxiong poured wine, touched a glass with Gu Du, and then said with a smile: "You can do it, force the Spirit Emperor to negotiate peace." ”

Gu Du sighed and said, "It's not what I want, what I want is his head." ”

Wu Renxiong poured the wine again and said in a low voice: "Rest for two years, let me tell you, this thing won't last long, and you will have to fight in a few years." ”

Gu Du looked at him and said, "Big brother, will you come with me?" ”

Wu Renxiong shook his head with a smile and said, "If you can destroy the Spirit Kingdom, I will surrender, but if you want to enter Zhenbei Pass, you have to step over my corpse." ”

Gu Du said: "I never planned to enter the Spirit Kingdom from Zhenbei Pass. ”

Wu Renxiong nodded, raised his glass and said, "Okay, my brother has taken your love, and I'm done!" ”

Back in Zeguo, Lixia summoned Gu Du into the palace alone, and even Dongfang Xia Lan was not allowed to take it, and after meeting, he looked at him and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

Gu Du replied with a smile: "What can I do if I have something?" And I'm not going to stop there. ”

Li Xia looked at him with questioning eyes, Gu Du said: "Don't worry, I will not interfere with the peace, let alone coerce the emperor, how can the major affairs of diplomatic relations between the two countries be chosen because of my personal enmity, I will withdraw all the soldiers in the spirit country, and I will not use swords again." ”

Lixia's eyes lit up, and she asked softly, "Do you want to go hungry?" ”

Gu Du smiled a little sinisterly, and said softly: "If I don't stop his food, he will recover before Zeguo, and then there will be another bloody battle." ”

Li Xia frowned, thought for a while and then said softly: "But if he loses his food, he can't recover, and he won't start a war against Zeguo, when will Jin Lan's mother and son's revenge be avenged?" ”

Gu Du replied softly: "You don't have to ask the Spirit Emperor to break the contract, as long as the Zeguo is strong enough, you can also tear up the alliance and go south." ”

Li Xia gritted his teeth and nodded, and said: "If your heart is not chaotic, I will be at ease, tomorrow the court will be discussed, you and I will be the main peace?" ”

Gu Du replied: "That's nature. ”

The next day, the court meeting, the military and political department from top to bottom is the main battle, Hua Qingsheng said: "Emperor, this is a plan to delay the army, the spirit country has always been strong and strong, this time thanks to the queen and the uncle led the army to fight, only to cause its national strength to decline, and the uncle in the spirit country stationed troops, so that it is tired to deal with, no time to care, if the peace, it is to give the spirit country a chance to recover, the minister expects that it will not be five years, it can recover its vitality, then the soldiers are sufficient, the grain and grass are complete, there will be another northern expedition!" ”

The head of the new Secretary for Civil Affairs said to Tianen: "The minister seconded the proposal, for many years, my country has been persecuted by the spirit country, trapped in the ice field, and now it is finally gaining the upper hand, and my country is building cities and setting up counties. ”

High Priest Qiao Zheng said: "The minister also seconded the proposal, the spirit country has bullied me for a long time, and now he wants to negotiate peace when his national strength is declining, in the final analysis, he still humiliates our country with the idea of a strong man, that is, he wants to fight and fight, he wants to make peace, so how can the majesty of the emperor exist?" The emperors of the past dynasties and the soldiers who died in battle? ”

Emperor Ze was surprised, and at the same time deeply pleased, and just about to speak, Gu Du came out of class and said, "The minister has something to say." ”

Zedi said: "Uncle Guo, please speak." ”

Gu Du said: "Yu is private, the revenge of the minister's wife and children has not been avenged, so it is naturally the main battle." But Yu Gong, the lord and. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court.

Gu Du said: "Don't be impatient, and listen to me. What you said is correct, this is a delaying tactic of the Spirit Kingdom, but it is also a strategy to punish the heart. When I received the news that the Spirit Kingdom was going to negotiate peace at Tiger Roaring Mountain, the soldiers outside the tent were overjoyed, because they could go home, and they could go home alive. ”

The court was silent.

Gu Du said again: "All the ministers are standing on top of the court and strategizing, but how many of them know the suffering in the hearts of the soldiers? The parents, wives and children at home are looking forward to it day and night, as the so-called beacon fire lasts for three months, the family letter is worth 10,000 gold, the soldiers of Zeguo can't afford to die, the people of Zeguo can't afford to be hurt, even if the people eat bran and vegetables, they are not willing to use their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons to exchange for pensions. ”

Li Xia raised his hand to wipe away his tears, Gu Du said again: "For every person who dies, there will be an increase in widowhood, in order to allow the army to withdraw smoothly, Lancheng left two thousand dead soldiers, Cao Qian's old general is seventy years old, died on the battlefield, and there are no bones. In order to protect the country, nearly 40,000 soldiers were killed in battle. ”

"In the past, the spirit kingdom forced us to fight, we can't fight if we don't fight, but now the spirit kingdom wants to negotiate peace, we still have to fight, the soldiers will complain, the people will have complaints, and the people's hearts will turn their backs, how can we continue?"

Gu Du paused for a moment, and then said: "I just told my lord that my country is building cities and setting up counties, if the people's hearts are turned back, who will build them?" Tyranny and hard labor? That has never been Zeguo's means, and it can't be used as such. ”

Gu Du sighed, and then said: "This is a trap Yes, but this trap has never appeared, for three hundred years of mutual conquest, there has never been a matter of peace, but now there is, this is the first time in the world, no matter what, peace must be negotiated, because the people have been looking forward to it for too long." ”

"How many old women have cried blind because of the loss of their son, how many widowed mothers have raised their widowed son with hard work, but they have sent him to the battlefield, and in the blink of an eye, they have become crying and blind old women again, it is time to stop and rest."

Hua Qingsheng asked in a heavy tone: "If a few years later, the Spirit Kingdom recovers its vitality and raises troops to fight again, wouldn't it be another bloody battle of life and death?" ”

Gu Du replied: "Yes, but this time, I will be fooled by the loss, and use the lesson of blood to warn the soldiers and the people that the wolf will never be friendly, the wolf is the wolf, as long as it is relieved, it will definitely bite." ”

"We want to negotiate peace, but at the same time, we must also prepare for war, do moral things, gather the hearts of all people, even if we are forced to retreat to the ice field again, we can't let the spirit country's strategy of punishing the heart succeed, if the people's will does not exist, how can we survive the country?"

The high priest Qiao Zheng said, "The minister seconded the proposal. ”

The head of the Secretary for Civil Affairs said to Tianen: "The minister seconded the proposal. ”

Hua Qingsheng nodded to Gu Du, then turned to Emperor Ze and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Emperor Ze's eyebrows trembled slightly, and he calmed down for a moment before asking, "Uncle Xiaohuang, what is the intention of Jue Lingmen?" ”

Dongfang Bin replied: "Back to the emperor, the master of the Jueling Sect is harmonious." ”

Emperor Ze nodded and said, "In this case, then make peace." ”